Despite everything, are people really good at heart? There is still good in some people. People can be nice to each other and they can help each other out but during the Holocaust it was a totally different timet. Lots of people think that because of what happened during the Holocaust and Anne Frank’s time people are really bad people. I strongly believe that people are really good at heart. What I believe that stands out more than anything is that not all Nazis are bad and Nazis and others within Germany didn't agree with Hitler. Even Nazi Soldiers can be good at heart even though they worked for Hitler. Evidence from a scene of the the movie The Book Thief is where a Nazi solider came to a Jews house and said that he only had one passport …show more content…
People could become friends with each other and it would just help them out if they knew that they had someone to talk to. The first piece of evidence that shows someone trying to be friends with another is from the movie The Book Thief. When Liesel arrived at Heaven Street to her new home she didn't know anyone and her little brother had passed away on the way there. When she got out of the car there was a little boy named Rudy that saw her and so he tried to become friends with her even though he had known nothing about her ( The Book Thief ). My second piece of evidence shows people caring for others when they need help is from a scene of the movie The Book Thief. In the movie there was an air raid and lots of the houses had been burnt down and destroyed. Liesel was still alive after the air raid had happened but her momma and pappa had died and so had Rudy. Liesel was just waiting by herself and didn't have a family but then the Mayor and his wife came and took Liesel home so she had someone to live with and somewhere to live. My third piece of evidence is from the book Anne Frank The Diary of A Young Girl where two people were so glad to see each other even though they were in a terrible situation. In the book it states, “It was Anne, and I ran in the direction
...the citizens of Germany were looking for a quick solution to their problems, and would not care about right or wrong; they just want peace. Their believing of anti-Semitism fed onto them by the Nazi government shows that they are not questioning the lies and are therefore being unintelligent of the truth and of the world around them.
Jews. He took it upon himself and Miep to give the two families in hiding
There are many stories, diaries and books from the time of The Holocaust but arguably the most famous of them all is the story of Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a teenage Jewish girl who went into hiding in her fathers offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands when the Nazis called up her older sister, Margot (Anne ??). Just before the call up, Anne had started to write a “diary” which she continued to write when she went into hiding with her family. Throughout the book Anne writes that her worst nightmare is to be discovered (Anne ??). The Franks when into hiding in 1941 in the Annex of the Opekta offices and were arrested by the Nazis in ???. After such a long period of time in hiding there are many suspects for who betraye...
How would you feel if you were a Jew in World War II? Anne Frank was a Jew in World War II. The play we read was called the diary of Anne Frank. She said, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." According to the diary she believed in the quality in people even after hardships her family has endured. Anne Frank had to go into hiding from Hitler because he wanted to kill all of the Jews. He thought that they should not be allowed to practice their religion. Because of this, she had to go into hiding for two years. Here are some ways she showed her belief that people were good at heart. The first reason is she thought of different ways to make her family happy in the darkest of times. The second reason is Mr. Van Daan stole bread to feed himself. The third reason was she found someone to talk to even when she was trapped for two years. She was believing in everyone else as they were breaking down in fear.
In the events that happened during the holocaust were very graphic and very displeasing to lots of families. One of those families were Anne Frank’s family. In the research paper you are going to see what it was like for Anne Frank’s family. The general information, when and where they were hiding, and how they all died during the holocaust, will all be stated in the paper.
Have you ever read the play “The Diary of Anne Frank?” She wrote in a book during the Holocaust. She hid in a place called the “Secret Annex” Mr. Kraler was the man who let the Franks and Van Daans stay in his attic. The theme was “Which characters contribute to them theme people are good at heart.” In the play “ The diary of Anne Frank”, the theme people are good at heart is developed through the characters Miep Gies, Mr.Kraler, and Anne Frank.
In Bettelheim's essay, The Ignored Lessons of Anne Frank, he criticizes Anne Frank's father because of the way he had his whole family hiding out in the attic of one family. Bettelheim claims he is not criticizing Mr. Frank, he just wants his readers to reexamine the way we read history. In his essay, Bettelheim concinced me that we, as readers should look again at the text and realize all the possibilities that the Franks had.
Anne Frank stated in her diary that "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." As a Jewish teenager during the time of the Holocaust, Anne had been hiding in an attic with her parents and sister, as well as the Van Daans, their son, and Mr Dussel. This time was extremely rough for her entire race. This quote shows how optimistic she really was. She had the attitude to think that even underneath all of the hatred that not only the Nazis beheld, but perhaps also the people that she was hiding with for years, there was at least a small amount of good in them. With that optimism, came the strong hope that she had. She was completely aware that the Nazis were not good people, but she refused to take that as a
The Holocaust was a time in which millions of people were persecuted and mistreated: people banned together and stood up against prejudice and discrimination by actively and passively opposing the Germans. Citizens that actively resisted used violence and force to directly attack the Nazis in attempt to save their life. Those that preferred, prepared to resist passively by not using physical brutality, but instead continued their daily lives out of the sight of the Nazis. In “The Diary of Anne Frank,” we see how Meip, a Dutch Citizen resisted the Germans passively, by hiding the Frank family and four other Jewish families in a secret annex above Anne’s father's business premise during World War Two. They resisted without risking anybody’s life,
Sina Salemian Salemian 1 HS English 2;Period 3 Ms.Matthews January 10, 2014 Anne Frank During The Holocaust Anne Frank is a strong young girl that lived during the Holocaust in Amsterdam, Germany. She lived in a very bad time during the Holocaust, where she either had to hide or go to a concentration camp. Anne Frank is a normal girl that should be going to school and not be in hiding from the Nazis and should not have to take the sacrifices of having no friends, no ability to be free and to express her religion. I consider Anne a hero because of all the dedication to staying free and not having to be under a dictatorship.
“…in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart” –Anne Frank (Frank 237). Frank, a young Jewish girl who, among many, suffered terribly during the Holocaust still believed in the good in people. She believed, after being forced to hide in an attic and being taken to a concentration camp (where she would eventually die), that people are really good at heart; but what does it take to be good? The short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor confronts us with what it means to be “good” through the use of the characters, plot, setting, and theme.
In my English class we were learning about Anne Frank and her life during the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, many people, mostly Jews lost their lives; Anne was one of the 6 million Jews who died. Before her family and everyone else were taken to concentration camps Anne liked writing in her diary. After the war Anne father the only one in their family that survived received Anne’s diary from Miep, the caretaker of the families while they were hiding. One of the most eye catching quotes of Anne’s was” I believe people are really good at heart”, I believe Anne when she says that.
In the work, Until they Bring the Streetcars Back, by Stanley Gordon West, the protagonist, Calvin Gant, has to choose whether or not to help a young girl in need. He struggles with the moral obligations he has to help her, while his father tells hims to worry only about himself. Cal decides that he must help Gretchen, and in doing so, decides to help many other people as well. In the story, Cal learns that helping people is the true way that you show love, and that love is more than something you feel, that it’s something you do (West 269).
Even at the hardest time people can be good at heart look at these particular families. In the play “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the theme people are good at heart is developed mostly through the characters Anne, Miep Gies, Mr. Kraler, and Mr. Frank. To begin, Anne frank shows she is good at heart in act one, scene four, Anne says that every night she thinks about what she’s done and how to better herself. This proves Anne feels bad about what mistakes she does throughout the day.
When we sacrifice our time to help someone in need, whether it is a great or small need, we become a part of their life and can help alleviate heavy burdens. We feel good for looking outside ourselves and contributin...